The CEO of Phantom Secure was indicted on March 15, along with four associates, following allegations that the Canada-based company had sold “tens of millions of dollars” in altered BlackBerry phones to international drug cartels, reports indicate.

Last week, the Department of Justice apprehended Vincent Ramos in Seattle. He and his associates are charged with racketeering and conspiracy to facilitate drug distribution, crimes that have a penalty of prison for life, the BBC reported. This is the first time U.S. officials have targeted a company for knowingly encrypting technology for outlaws in order to evade law enforcement and obstruct justice, the Justice Department said.

“With one American dying of a drug overdose every nine minutes, our great nation is suffering the deadliest drug epidemic in our history,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement. “Incredibly, some have sought to profit off of this crisis, including by specifically taking advantage of encryption technologies to further criminal activity, and to obstruct, impede, and evade law enforcement, as this case illustrates.”

The 52-year-old had things to do and people to see, so he just phoned in his plea

DJ Goldie made legal history on Thursday by pleading guilty to a Glastonbury Festival assault via Facetime.

The 52-year-old and his daughter Chance, 19, were due in court charged with assault following a brawl with a bouncer at the festival last summer.

But Goldie was away working in Thailand, so instead phoned in with his change of plea, and he’s believed to be the first person in British legal history to do so.

Goldie’s daugher Chance appeared at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on time but when her father was finally contacted he tried to enter his guilty plea via his solicitor who read out an email from him containing his instructions.